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http://dx.doi.org/10.7856/kjcls.2013.24.3.391

Airflow Characteristics of Natural Air Drying for Rough Rice  

Lee, Hyo-Jai (Division of Food Distribution System Research Group, Korea Food Research Institute)
Kim, Hoon (Division of Food Distribution System Research Group, Korea Food Research Institute)
Han, Jae-Woong (Division of Bio-industry Engineering, Kong-Ju National University)
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The Korean Journal of Community Living Science / v.24, no.3, 2013 , pp. 391-397 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to define the characteristics of the fan according to the bed depth of rough rice for the silo used in South Korea. In this study, the characteristics like air flow resistance and air flow rate of the fan were investigated for an independent blowing system with 1 fan and the serial blowing system with 2 fans. In the experiment, the depth of rough rice was determined by 0, 1, 2, 3.2 and 4.5 m for an independent blowing system and the depth of rough rice was 4.5 m for the serial blowing system. The air flow resistances of the blowing fan and the suction fan in an independent blowing system were 55 mmAq and 88 mmAq respectively. In addition, the air flow resistance of the serial blowing system was 61% lower than the blowing fan and 28% lower than the suction fan of the independent blowing system. The air flow rates of the blowing fan and the suction fan in the serial blowing system were 516 $m^3/min$, 570 $m^3/min$, respectively. The former was 22% higher than the blowing fan while the latter was 29% higher than the suction fan in the independence blowing system. In other words, the serial blowing system was superior to the independent blowing system in blowing characteristics because the air flow rate was lower and air flow resistance was higher than the independent blowing system. However, the fan power consumption of the serial blowing system was more than 100% comparing with the independent blowing system.
Keywords
air flow resistance; air flow rate; fan performance; fan characteristics; rough rice;
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